5/31/2023 0 Comments Perfect by Rachel Joyce![]() ![]() ![]() When his school chum James tells him that 1972, the year in which the story is set, is a leap year, he becomes obsessed with the fact that scientists are adding two seconds to the year because "time was out of joint with the movement of the earth." Byron Hemmings is a thoughtful, intelligent 11-year-old fascinated by life's minutiae. The pivotal event in "Perfect" is inspired innocently enough by a boy's love for his mother and his determination to always do what's right. Like the butterfly effect - the theory that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can affect the weather a continent away - one seemingly insignificant event sets the suspense in motion in Rachel Joyce's haunting second novel.Īs she did in her 2012 debut novel, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry," which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Joyce flings "Perfect's" characters into chaotic situations fraught with misgivings and confusion. ![]()
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